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Coworking spaces are becoming the new future of the urban centres across the UK. Cash strapped startups flock into them to work on their new idea. In order to clarify things in my brain, more than anything else, I thought I should write down the advantages and the disadvantages of co-working spaces.

Leicester Lean Startups Startdom Accelerator is organising a weekend event for startups in Leicester from Friday 19th at 18:00 until Sunday 21st September at 18:00. The weekend is part of our long term strategic plan to help high-flying startups in the Midlands. We have a combined experience of half a century in entrepreneurship and setting up new businesses, while we …

Starting a business can be a daunting journey and at times may feel like you’re doing it all by yourself. There’s so much support, advice and tools out there for you to tap into. Whether you get involved in the local support available in Leicester whilst studying at De Montfort University or read useful blog posts on the start-up websites …

Working in Silicon Valley Entrepreneur David Chan will describe living and working in the world’s original and most famous startup community. He will tell us what makes the valley so special and what other cities can learn from it. Originally from London, David spent six years in Silicon Valley and has now moved to Leicester to work on a new …

This is the first post of our Startdoms blog! We would like to welcome the members of our community who have been helping and encouraging us for the past year. We would also like to commit ourselves to the prosperity of our startups, investors and mentors alike! Let us know what you need and we will be very happy to …

Firstly a big thank you to the 54 people who responded to our feedback survey – it had given us a really healthy sample size and offers some fairly clear conclusions. Click here to download a PDF of the main results. Click here to download a PDF of teh responses from just those currently engaged in a startup Click here …

We open the co-working space for free to the public, following the Jelly guidelines. You will be able to work for the entire day in an allocated desk, use free wifi and drink free coffee and tea. Our aim is to bring home workers, freelancers, small business owners and entrepreneurs together in a relaxed, informal, working environment to maximise creativity and …

Leicester Lean Startups – Tuesday, July 29 at 6:30 PM at Incubate Leicester Robert Ashby will speak from the personal experience of many startups to show where growth ideas come from and what are the best ways to generate ideas that will have traction in their markets.

Over the years I have heard of many reasons to build a startup. Others are emotional, others are logical and others are both. They all come down to one element, though: Freedom. Entrepreneurs have the constant search of freedom in common.

Description: Ever had a great idea for a web, app or tech startup business but not had the time, experience or connections to bring it to life? This weekend-long event is dedicated to team building, expert mentoring, networking and pitching to help you turn your business idea into a ready-to-launch startup. <span>Take the next step towards startup success andbook your place now! </span><a href="https://sialaunchpadmarch18.eventbrite.co.uk/">https://sialaunchpadmarch18.eventbrite.co.uk</a&gt;

Description: Join us at our next ‘Free Cake Friday’ at the Leicester Innovation Hub. Free Cake Fridays provide an excellent opportunity to network with our innovation team, enterprising academics, amazing local companies, recent graduate start-ups and regional business & innovation support organisations such as Innovate UK and the LLEP.

You are welcome to drop in anytime between 10:00 and 16:00 on the last Friday of every month to discuss your innovation ideas, identify routes to support or just simply to talk to like-minded individuals.